War Fronts In China Burma And Pacific See PACIFIC WAR Page 2
The report details Australian forces halting a Japanese landing at Milne Bay as Maj. Gen. Clowes’ troops press the invaders back. It notes recaptured towns in Chekiang Kiangsi and new Chinese advances. Stillwell’s air offensives hit bases in northern Burma and Indo China while Marines consolidate in the Solomons.
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MacArthur
Milne Bay
Papua
Port Moresby
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Lungyu
Chuhsien
Lanchi
Chungking
Japan
Burma
Indo-China
Joseph W. Stillwell
Pacific
Indo- China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
United States
RAF
Stilwell
Clayton Bissell
U. 5S
India
China
Solomon Islands
Soviet Push Halts German Drive Toward Stalingrad Front
Field dispatches report Soviet armored crews holding their own as German tank detachments clash in the Don to Volga corridor and Stalingrad approaches. Red Army forces recapture villages near Prokhladnenski and trench warfare erupts in house to house fighting around Stalingrad.
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Don
Volga
IfWtha Plawnanealatiuuaa
Don-Volga
Stalingrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Grozny
trans-Caucasia
Prokhladnenski
B 17s Claim Air Superiority In Early Raids
United States bomber crews report at least 70 percent hit rate in seven raids on German occupied territory. Fortresses return with heavy battle damage yet all aircraft come back. Bombardier Lieut Frank Beadle credited with dropping the first fortress bomb of the war on Rouen. Beadle recalls the thrilling, deadly mission and the moment of success.
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United Press
England
United States
North Sea
Frank Beadle
Grand Rapids
Mich
Beadle
Rouen
Texas Suffered Heavy Toll as Tropical Hurricane Hits Coast
The hurricane struck from near Freeport to south of Port O'Connor with winds over 100 mph, killing at least three people and devastating Matagorda and Palacios. Cities from Galveston to Corpus Christi faced outages, damaged crops, and mass destruction, with Red Cross relief under way and several plants and shrimp boats damaged or flooded.
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Palacios
Matagorda
Texas
Galveston
Red Cross
Angleton
Bra
Zria
Gernando Hermendez
Laredo
Gregory
Corpus Christi
George Kain
Hermandez
Kain
Freeport
Port O’connor
Gulf Coast
Camp Hulen
Green Lantern Inn
Matagorda Peninsula
Nueces County
Wharton
Victoria
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And West Texas
The Weather Forecast for Amarillo and vicinity shows rain with fresh to strong winds and moderate temperatures today, with intermittent rain and cooler tonight. West Texas will see intermittent rain spreading westward to the El Paso area with occasional heavy rain in Big Bend Country and South Plains, windy and cool. New Mexico expects general rain, occasionally heavy in the central mountains, with windy east portion and cool temperatures. 24 hours ending 6 30 A M maximum 84 minimum 67. Precipitation 02 inch. Temperature at noon today 73. Visit Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
South Plains
New Mexico
Weather notes on Panhandle dampness and brief rain
The weather bulletin says damp conditions with intermittent light rain across the Panhandle. Temperatures are moderate today, cooling tonight after a high of 84 and a low near 67, with clouds and mist persisting.
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Bureau
Panhandle
Roosevelt to dedicate Naval Medical Center at Bethesda
President Roosevelt will unveil the new Naval Medical Center at Bethesda Maryland with a ten minute ceremony and speech. The dedication marks a milestone in military medical facilities as officials announce completion and readiness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, Md
Ewton Wins News Tip Award In Local Contest
Homer Ewton of 315 East Fifth Avenue wins $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for calling in a report on a truck car collision on U S Highway 66 at Lark that injured several people including a fatality. Chick Wells wins $3 second prize for tipping about a tooth-pulling dog incident and rent-seeking tenants, with other tipsters listed from multiple streets. The $2 third prize goes to Mrs W W B Hollingsworth.
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Homer Ewton
East Fifth Avenue
Lark
Chick Wells
Arthur Street
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Burma, Islands
Barnett Bildersee
Associated Press
Cyril Albert Clowes
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States Army Air Force
Tokyo
Lashio
Rangoon
Tanaubegose Island
Gavutu Island
NEA
Navy
Sherman Montrose
Acme
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Paris
London
Volga River
Kotelnikovski
Russia
Central Front
Rzhev
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Berlin
Germany
Baltic
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Stettin
Caucasus
U. S
Leo
Disher
Russell Stationery Company
Weather Bureau
John Maynard Lbr
Hlomer Ewton
News Tip
W. B. Hollingsworth
Tyler Neely
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